An Inconvenient Truth Replaces the Bible
by Matthew Sparkes, London, UK on 05. 3.07
The Gaia Napa Valley Hotel and Spa in California is attempting to become 'green certified' by the U.S. Green Building Council. The Council developed the LEED rating system seven years ago, where buildings are graded on their environmentally friendly features. The hotel features waterless urinals, solar lighting and recycled paper. Another nice touch is the replacement of the standard hotel-room bible with a copy of An Inconvenient Truth.
Although some of the large chains are making a token gesture to become compliant in some buildings, it is only small independant hotels that are making any real effort. All large new hotels in California will have to be built to LEED standards, but older buildings will remain exempt. "If that choice is available, why not take advantage of it,'' said frequent traveller Josh Dorfman, "It's a way to be able to enjoy traveling and to still feel good that I'm doing it in a way that supports a cleaner planet. It's a win-win.'' :: Bloomberg
Foster's: Australian for Alternative Energy
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American Solar Energy Society's "Tackling Climate Change in the U.S" Report
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I Don't see how it could be a "nice touch" to replace the Bible with a copy of An Inconvenient Truth.
Great, give more fuel to the people saying environmentalism is a religion...
Not to in any way criticize the hotels more substantive efforts, but it seems to me that actually literally replacing copies of the Bible with Gore's book will do the environmental movement a lot more harm than good.
Unthinking right-wingers already accuse environmentalism of being a new religion that borders on paganism and druidism and witchcraft, and as silly as that is, there's a real rhetorical battle on for the middle ground of mainstream opinion.
I bet we hear about this in speeches from the likes of Sen. James Inhofe for years to come -- and where's the real gain?
that's amazingly excellent! really, i can't say i've ever opened a hotel room bible but i could well imagine reading an inconvenient truth! but then, i'm probably squarely inside their target audience!
Has this hit the right-wing blogs yet? This sort of thing whips them into a frenzy about "globalist conspiracies", "atheistic humanism", and so on.
Turns out it's not quite true.